Government departments responsibility for construction

This article sets out the responsibilities of central government departments for different aspects of the construction industry.

[edit] HM Treasury

Cabinet office:

• Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG).
• Major Projects Authority (MPA).
• Government Construction Strategy.
• Government Construction Board.
• Government Property Agency (GPA).
• Office of Government Property.

Infrastructure and Projects Authority (formerly Infrastructure UK):

• National Infrastructure Plan.
• Government Construction Pipeline.

[edit] Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

• Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a non-departmental public body (NDPB).
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM).

[edit] Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)

(Until January 2018, MHCLG was known as the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG))

• Building regulations.
• Planning permission.
• Planning policy.
• Homes England.
• Fire and Rescue Service.
• Architecture (transferred from DCMS in April 2015)

[edit] Home office

• Special licences.

[edit] Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

• Environment Agency (EA), a non-departmental public body (NDPB).
• Natural England, a non-departmental public body (NDPB).

[edit] Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

• Historic England, a non-departmental public body (NDPB).

[edit] Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS)

Formerly the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)

• Energy saving and climate change policy.
• BIM Task Group.
• Construction Sector Unit.
• Green Construction Board.
• Technology Strategy Board (TSB), a non-departmental public body (NDPB).
• Construction 2025 (jointly with industry).

[edit] Local Authorities

• Planning permission.
• Building regulations approval.
• Environmental health.
• Licensing.

[edit] Devolution

• Following devolution in the UK, responsibility for many aspects of construction industry policy, oversight and regulation have been passed to the authorities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. See UK for more information. This includes building regulations and planning policy.

[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki

• Composition of UK construction industry 2013.
• Construction 2025.
• Construction knowledge.
• Construction industry institutes and associations.
• Construction industry reports.
• Crown estate.
• Devolution.
• Fragmentation of the UK construction industry.
• Government Construction Strategy.
• Local authority.
• Office of Government Property.
• Other construction industry organisations.
• Planning policy.
• Public authority.
• Public body.
• Public contracting authority.
• UK.
• UK construction industry.

Comments

I need information about the goverments position on CSCS cards concerning me as a 65 year old who has fitted suspended ceilings for 35 years but has to pay £800.00 to a assesor to confirm I can do the job.

The goverment set the system up and in due course set up the CITB I need an NVQ2 to prove to building companies like Kier and Morgan sindall that paperwork wise I can fit ceilings and partitions.

Please find a way to get me Grandfathers rights to these NVQs so I can carry on working as I cannot pay £3200 for the 4 NVQS I require

Presumably this refers to the scrapping of the Construction Related Occupation card, as required by the Construction Leadership Council. This change will affect 230,000 card holders. There is some guidance on the CSCS website, but this may not help you.